games during which they successfully test fired a number of different missiles but russia's defense ministry says that despite the latest military exercise their right don't have the technology to make the continental ballistic missiles meanwhile francis pushing for stricter sanctions as it says it's short on its developing nuclear weapons its urge to you countries to follow the u.s. and freezing iranian central bank assets and imposing an embargo on oil exports to iran has been threatening to block the strait of hormuz one of the world's most important oil routes if the west stepped up sanctions james corbet editor of the corporate report website says tensions in the region will only rise if the u.s. senate's allies continue to pressure iran. to think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the u.s. and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that erodes iran is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it is quite remarkable because it really does is tantamoun

lorries from italy and flying drones from israel drones are through to particular problem the defense ministry dismayed by the russian company tasked with designing and building them. i asked them what was their problem and what prevented them from producing good vehicles the enterprise is bosses found plenty of excuses such as the absence of engines gliders exacta but i now know how much money they received and i saw the rubbish they produced not all new russian made weapons are falling below standard the su thirty four fighter bomber is widely considered an exceptional aircraft but so few have been delivered that the older models they were to replace are starting to fail although russian designers come up with some excellent hardware for instance in terms of fighter and combat aircraft some time the industry has trouble in maintaining these at a high level and producing about the kind of numbers of the armed forces needed and the reforms still have angry opponents to both in and outside the armed forces many of them argue that the rearmament is going just fine and that buying foreign weapons

being thrown at the problem is vast regiments of rubles on the road onto enough most to the defense ministry no no before the armed forces are ready for a modern conflict a very long and very demanding war for reform must be won here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia and moscow so i had for you this hour here in our team the key to success. the same question everybody answer the farmer all over the world by the way revealed so we like it i do it because. when we started i didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the line the became a farmer the more i really felt i was a person. we hear from a man i moved to russia years ago to explore the country's neglected lands and transform them into florida businesses he reveals his secrets now special series finders. watching r.t. live from moscow let's take a look at what's making news elsewhere in the world towns of thousands have rallied outside budapest opera house to protest against the new hungary and constitution a day after it came into force activists chanted anti-government slogans and denounce presi

being thrown at the problem is vast regiments of rubles on the road onto enough most to the defense ministry no no before the armed forces are ready for more than conflict a very long and very demanding war for reform must be warm here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia. r.t. moscow news just into former libyan rebel groups have reportedly been involved in intense gun battles in the center of tripoli the fighting involved machine guns rocket propelled grenades and aircraft guns it was not immediately clear why the two groups clashed and there is no immediate word on casualties we'll bring you more on this as we get it some other world news in brief for you this hour and first to afghanistan where a suicide blast has killed five and wounded more than a dozen all there as the attack happened when a motorbike bomb bird detonated his explosives at a police checkpoint in the city of. among those killed were four civilians and a police officer several others including many children were also hurt officials say there was no clear target for the attack but it may have been

to stamp out unrest. >> translator: my office is on the 12th floor of the ministry of defense. >> reporterhe worked at the ministry for years. his official i.d. describes him as a financial inspector. not part of the regime's inner circle, but in a position to see the wheels of repression at work. >> translator: during protests in damascus, armed gangs filled the green public transport buses and dispatched from our offices flanked by four-wheel drive vehicles filled with weapons. >> reporter: and those they didn't kill, they brought back. >> on a daily basis, i used to see them bringing in blindfolded and handcuffed detainees on buses. they were kept in underground prisons. some even built under streets. >> reporter: and he makes this chilling allegation. >> translator: what is more horrific is the intelligence vans carrying the red crescent insignia labeled syrian red crescent drive through the protests as ambulances and fire at the protesters. >> reporter: he says the oversaw spending at the defense ministry. he tells cnn that the regime hired hitmen, paying them $100 a day. it spent so

. >> reporter: in the syrian capital, the defense ministry this is nerve center of the efforts to stampnrest. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: my office is on the 12th store of the ministry of defense. >> reporter: sulehad worked there for years and he is not part of the inner circle but in a position to see the wheels of oppression at work. >> translator: during protests in damascus, armed gangs filled the green public transport buses and flanked by four-wheel drive vehicles filled with weapons. >> reporter: those they didn't kill, they brought back. >> translator: on a daily basis, i used to see them bringing in blindfolded and handcuffed detainees on buses, kept in underground prison, some even built under streets. >> reporter: he makes this chilling allegation. >> what is more horrific is the intelligence bans carrying the red crescent insignia labeled syrian red crescent drive through the protests and aftermath bulances and fire at the protesters. >> reporter: he says he oversaw spending at the defense ministry. he tells cnn the regime hired hit men, paying them $100 a

the assembly will deliver the resolution to a regional wur bureau of the defense ministry. a nationwide manhunt for a convict who escaped from a prison in western japan on wednesday is over. police recap chaured a chinese national on friday. lee was found on a street near an elementary school in the afternoon only two kilometers from the prison. police say he was carrying a knife. the 40-year-old man was sentenced in 2006 to 23 years in prison for attempted murder. he has served about 3.5 years of his term. lee escaped by climbing scaffolding set up next to the prison wall under repair. he was arrested after being stopped by police. he said he had not eaten in several days. lee has been taken to the police station for questioning. we have weather up next. >>> hi there welcome back. let's take a look at your weekend weather forecast. starting off with japan we have been experiencing very heavy snow in the north japan region especially a region we have some video coming up. in the past 24 hours we've already seen 50 centimeters of snow fall. today it's very busy snowplows are

intelligence people were actively working in benghazi to build capacity, a defense ministry, and a command structure. they operated in benghazi, misrata. they were unarmed. their main role was to get some libyan units working to some sort of plan to save them being hit on acid by nato. -- hit by accident by nato. the poor record of these members led british officers to argue for people able to raise their performance. the u.n. resolution that authorized nato bombing specifically prohibited ground troops anywhere in libya. what about special forces we have learned that the national security council shortly after the bombings started, tasks military chiefs to look at the feasibility of a train and equip people to the caribbean rebels. -- train and equip the libyan rebels. >> we are very clear about the united nations resolution. they forbid any occupation, foreign occupation of any part of libya and we will absolutely stick to that. >> the road to sending british special forces back into libya was throughout qatar. the emirates had stake in -- had taken a strong stance against gaddafi from t

wargames during which it successfully test fired a number of different missiles but russia's defense ministry says that despite the latest military exercise the rain is don't have the technology to make intercontinental ballistic missiles france is pushing for strict sanctions saying it sure tehran is developing. its urge to e.u. countries to follow the line of freezing iranian central bank assets and imposing an embargo on all exports to run has been threatening to block the strait of hormuz one of the world's most important all over it's in the west the top sanctions and james called it a joke because that report website says tensions in the region will only rise of the u.s. and its allies continue.

between pakistan's government and the military have ratcheted up over the second of the country's defense ministry. officials say the prime minister fired the retired left -- retired lieutenant. aleem, it is rather worrying. there appears to be a rift. in a country like pakistan, that is bad news. >> yes, and it seems to be getting worse and worse. every day, it seems to bring more news bringing this confrontation to crisis points. the news is -- the defense secretary has been sacked by the prime minister. the retired general was essentially an army man within the government. he was recommended by the army chief. he is someone who also said on record recently that the government has no jurisdiction over pakistan's army operations. that is something that has angered and worry people within the government. this is just the end of a long line of incidents. the prime minister spoke of of evidence that the military was preparing for a coup. there was a purported memo discussed in the united states that appears to show the pakistani government asking for american support to weaken the pakistani army. th

wargames during which it successfully testified a number of different missiles but russia's the defense ministry for the meantime says that despite the latest military exercise the iranians don't have the technology to make intercontinental ballistic missiles meanwhile is pushing for stricter sanctions saying it's show that turnaround is developing nuclear weapons it's urged the e.u. countries to follow the u.s. in freezing iranian central bank assets and imposing an embargo on oil exports tehran has been threatening to block the strait of hormuz it's one of the world's most important oil routes.

statement on closing on or most came from an iranian lawmaker so we have to wait and see what the defense ministry is going to say about this point i think in military terms. iran has the conventional capability to close the strait of hormuz but for a very limited point of a symmetrical terms it can create problems but i think the main message that iran is sending here is political because it knows that if it's going to close of the strait of hormuz of course it's going to. it's. already warning against iran closing of the street before him with what they're trying to do here is to just draw the red light and say to america and the european union that they're willing to retaliate in any way possible and gets what they perceive as a clear economic warfare against iran and everyone knows that your. trade and its ability to really. and according to even make it more difficult for you when you talk about issues over here for example before we get into the implications of china and china being the third largest consumer export oil in terms of retaliation we've got a u.s. aircraft carrier in the region